At some point in the workshop I conduct on interpersonal communications skills using the SOCIAL STYLEs model, I invariably make the comment that with the knowledge all of the participants have gained during the session comes great responsibility; that with what they have learned about communication and behaviours comes the…
Leadership is… About Who We Are Leading
I’m in the midst of getting my materials ready for the Leadership course I will be teaching this coming January at the University of British Columbia. I have also just returned from 10 days in Saudi Arabia where I was facilitating two courses on Leadership and Communications. Both these experiences…
Two Ears and One Mouth.
While meeting with a new client the other day I noticed that I was listening to a “dump”. This is not that unusual in a first meeting/session. It’s about getting to know one another or more correctly, me as the coach getting to know the client. In first meetings I…
The BIG Three Coaching Topics
Over the past almost two years of coaching, I have identified three specific areas that have arisen from working with my clients. Three coaching areas consistently come to the fore. They are: Interpersonal Communications Skills, Time Management and Values. As I coach clients, it doesn’t matter what their roles, occupations…
Our actions are a reflection of who we are.
Over the past week, two clients have asked me why people act the way they do and why some people are jerks. This was, of course, the perspective of those clients. As a coach I can ask them why they think these people are acting the way they are and…